PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggler has chosen acdc back in black as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Hendo
vs
Diggler

180 cm
23
190 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

185 cm
27
200 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Hendo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Diggler!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggler cracks Hendo with a good jab.
Hendo misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hendo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice straight punches there by Diggler. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diggler.
Hendo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hendo misses with a body shot
and Diggler counters with a good low kick that Hendo was not able to check.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Diggler moves into range and clinches up with Hendo.
Hendo misses with a punch on the inside.

Hendo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diggler tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hendo counters with a nice body shot.
A low kick from Diggler is predictable there

and Hendo moves into the clinch.
Diggler avoids the elbow strike from Hendo, against the cage.
Hendo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Diggler misses with a knee to the head.
Hendo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendo avoids the damage to the body.
Diggler keeps control of Hendo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diggler is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendo avoids the damage to the body.
Hendo swings wildly with an uppercut but Diggler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hendo lands an elbow inside that Diggler shrugs off.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diggler avoids the elbow strike from Hendo, against the cage.

Hendo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diggler dodges the punch combination from Hendo.

Hendo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hendo lands in his opponent's guard.
Diggler lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hendo!
Diggler wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diggler get's back to his feet.

Hendo gets tackled into the cage by Diggler. Diggler maintains the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hendo is trying to maintain a safe position but Diggler gets an underhook and turns Hendo into the cage.
Hendo lands an elbow inside that Diggler shrugs off.
Diggler gets underhooks to prevent Hendo's takedown attempt.

Hendo breaks the clinch.
Diggler throws a series of strikes that have Hendo backpedaling.
Diggler ducks under a wild hook from Hendo.
Diggler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hendo.
Diggler is looking to slow Hendo down with leg kicks.
Diggler thows a body kick. Hendo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Diggler moves in looking to clinch but Hendo pushes him off.
Hendo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diggler scores with a spinning back kick!
Diggler looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diggler fails to land the takedown.
Hendo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diggler pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diggler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hendo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diggler lands with a cross.
Hendo scores with a body shot.
Diggler throws a right hand that Hendo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hendo also avoids with ease.
A bone on bone clash there as Hendo blocks the leg kick.
Hendo fails to land with a series of punches.
Hendo is looking to clinch.
Hendo looks to land a combination but Diggler avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Hendo misses.
Diggler lands with an uppercut that bounces Hendo off the cage and back into range.
Hendo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diggler throws a right and a left that Hendo avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice combination there by Hendo.
Hendo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hendo loads up on a big right hand but Diggler slips the punch.

Diggler clinches.
Hendo is trying to stall.
Hendo blocks the elbow strike.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendo avoids the damage to the body.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggler trying to control the position but instead, Hendo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diggler into the cage.
Hendo has a couple of punches blocked by Diggler.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Diggler dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Diggler slips under a jab.

Diggler closes the distance and pushes Hendo back into the cage.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Hendo blocks it.
Hendo wants to take the fight to the mat but Diggler manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hendo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diggler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendo.
Diggler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Diggler pushes off an throws an elbow but Hendo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hendo lands an uppercut.
Hendo trying to land knees to the body.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Hendo blocks with his arms.
Diggler misses with an elbow over the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendo avoids it.
Diggler avoiding damage as Hendo throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo managing to block the knees to the body from Diggler.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hendo lands an elbow inside that Diggler shrugs off.
Diggler lands an elbow that stopped Hendo in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Hendo.

Hendo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hendo lands a jab to the nose.
Danny Hendo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Hendo does no damage.
Diggler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diggler keeps the fight on the outside.
Hendo just misses with a punch to the body.
Diggler tries to bum rush Hendo with a series of wild strikes but Hendo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dirk Diggler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hendo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diggler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hendo lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Diggler can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Hendo and Diggler drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Hendo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny Hendo!
Danny Hendo thanked the fans post fight for their support.